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Paul Rolly: Time to boot the tow trucks? More tales from parking hell

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The tactics used by private towing companies contracting with businesses to enforce parking rules may be legal, but that doesn’t mean they are right and shouldn’t be addressed by the Legislature. Case in point: MariJo Sutherland went with her boyfriend, Ryon Croston, and her two sons to the Real Salt Lake game Saturday and had a great time — until they returned to her truck. It was gone. She had paid the $5 parking fee, taken by two attendants who looked to be in their early teens, to park in ...

Utah's Stewart seeks little victories to mend a broken Washington

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Washington • After a week of votes, Rep. Chris Stewart shuttled to Reagan National Airport and boarded a direct flight to Salt Lake City. The freshman congressman from Utah grabbed his coach seat and glanced out the window. And he winced. “What have we done,” Stewart recalls thinking at the time. “What have we done this week? What have we done in a year?” Stewart came to Washington in 2013 as Utah’s newest congressman, but he joined a dysfunctional system, one that yielded a government shutdown...

Rolly: Wanted: nifty, nimble ad writer who can juggle, dance and have fun

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Fusion 360, a Utah advertising firm, recently posted an ad to fill a managing editor position. It’s “an extremely fast-paced and far-reaching position,” said the ad. “This talented individual must be able to write, edit, post and proofread quickly and accurately. They will have a journalistic mind and will work together with our digital PR and social media team to monitor and strategically join online conversations.” This firm also seems to be looking for a rare skill set. Besides the usual edu...

Veteran facing newcomer for Horiuchi's at-large seat

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A familiar name — Wilson — is carrying Salt Lake County Democrats’ hopes of retaining the at-large County Council seat held by Randy Horiuchi since the position came into being in 2001. County Republicans, who hold a narrow 5-4 edge on the council, are trying to wrest the six-year slot away with a political newcomer who adheres to traditional GOP values of limited government best served by staying out of people’s lives. Micah Bruner, a 36-year-old attorney from West Valley City, will be the GOP’...

Are your property taxes going up? Some Utahns have it worse

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Final property tax notices now arriving naturally make many people sad. But some have more reason than others to be down. Their taxes are going up — in some cases, way up. Take, for instance: • Castle Valley residents. The town of 330 residents in Grand County raised taxes by $112 on a $210,000 home, up 86 percent. That is the highest tax hike by dollar amount of any of Utah’s 600 local governments and districts. • Folks in the Upper Sevier River Water Conservancy District. It raised its prope...

Why Utah Dem Luz Robles seeks GOP allies -- 'It gets things done'

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When Democratic state Sen. Luz Robles is asked how she would end Washington gridlock if elected to Congress, she points to how she waged the biggest battle of her legislative career: leading opposition to a tough immigration-enforcement bill in 2011. A GOP-friendlier compromise package passed instead. That came after Robles reached across party lines to form alliances with key conservatives to craft alternatives. She even became friends with her main adversary, who now credits her for drasticall...

Early voting begins Tuesday in Utah

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Early voting begins Tuesday in Utah and will continue through Oct. 31. It comes before the official Nov. 4 Election Day to allow voters to cast ballots at their leisure, if they choose. Such early in-person voting is available at numerous locations in larger counties, such as city halls and libraries. A list of polling places across the state is available online at vote.utah.gov. Many Utah voters actually have had their ballots in hand for weeks because about a third of Utah’s counties — nine o...

Early voting begins for Utahns, continues through Halloween

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Early voting began Tuesday in Utah and will continue through Halloween. A list of voting places is available online at vote.utah.gov. That website also has information about voter registration and information about candidates and ballot initiatives. This year elections are being held for all four of Utah’s congressional districts; state attorney general; 87 legislative races; county offices; and school boards. Also, voters will decide judicial retention elections and several ballot initiatives.

More than half of Utah's youth offenders return to detention

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Utah’s rate of recidivism — return to incarceration — for juvenile offenders is a staggering 53.1 percent, costing taxpayers millions while falling short of the goal to reshape the lives of many troubled youths. Utah’s recidivism rate is significantly higher than those of Colorado, Idaho and Arizona, which are 28.7 percent, 30.4 percent and 33.4 percent, respectively, according to a Utah Legislative Auditor General’s review of the Department of Human Services (DHS) released Tuesday. Juvenile Jus...

Economy boosting county tax collections

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With budget deliberations right around the corner, Salt Lake County Council members learned Tuesday they might have a bit more money to work with next year. Not a lot more, just a few million dollars added to the county’s $1 billion-a-year operation. And it’s not guaranteed money, outside economist Doug Macdonald and county financial official Lance Brown concurred, noting that upbeat figures of economic recovery are accompanied by some troubling numbers that suggest the Great Recession’s downwar...

Paul Rolly: Attention Utah beer buyers -- beware of the rule that isn't

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William Athey is a conservationist, believes in recycling and adamantly opposes plastic grocery bags. He refuses to use them and several years ago persuaded then-Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon to get rid of them at county libraries, which now have recyclable bags. But he twice has been threatened with arrest or told not to come back by 7-Eleven clerks, who believe it is illegal to allow single cans of beer to leave the store without being placed in plastic bags. When Athey refused a plast...

Utah GOP comes to Love's defense in 4th District

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Four members of Utah’s congressional delegation came to Mia Love’s defense Wednesday, accusing her Democratic opponent of negative campaigning for ads focusing on education and Social Security. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee and Reps. Rob Bishop and Chris Stewart, all Republicans, appeared at party headquarters to offer a counterpoint to Democratic efforts to paint Love as evasive and extreme. “Candidates ought to campaign on what they are for and what is good about them,” said Hatch. “And frank...

Council approves Traverse Ridge board members

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Draper • The City Council unanimously approved the appointment of five members to a newly created Traverse Ridge Special Service District Board as well as updates to the city’s snow-and-ice-control policies and procedures. The board is an advisory one and members do not have to be sworn in because they have no authority to act, said City Manager Dave Dobbins. The board will, however, aid the city in the transition to a new administrative board that will have power to make decisions. “Our inten...

Air Force pitches 700,000-acre Utah training range expansion

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Partoun • The U.S. Air Force on Monday told residents of west Juab County it needs to expand its training range to accommodate the new F-35 and asked for community cooperation. Chris Robinson, the director of operations for the Utah Test and Training Range, said adding 700,000 acres around the perimeter of the Utah Test and Training Range will create more ground and air space for F-35 pilots to test the aircrafts’ missiles. No missiles or bombs will be dropped on the expanded areas, Robinson to...

Planning for a transit-oriented future

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Having a national planner in town provided an opportunity Thursday for two mayors — Salt Lake County’s Ben McAdams and South Salt Lake’s Cherie Wood — to show off their plans to develop a residential and commercial hub around the S Line streetcar. The county’s regional development office and the Wasatch Front Regional Council gave the city a $25,000 grant earlier this year to plan a development that takes advantage of the presence of the east-west train line to draw residents to the area, along ...

Gov. Herbert: Deal is done with Obama administration on Medicaid alternative

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Gov. Gary Herbert announced Thursday that after months of negotiations, he has reached a final agreement with the Obama administration on his novel alternative to expanding Medicaid. “They are giving us more flexibility than has been given to any other state in America. We are breaking some new ground,” Herbert announced in his monthly press conference on KUED. Herbert said he soon will send to the Obama administration a letter outlining the agreement they’ve reached on Utah’s alternative, his H...

Salt Lake City Council at odds with police on rape investigations

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The Salt Lake City Police Department and City Council want the same result from sex-assault investigations — but they have sharp disagreements on how to get there. This week the council took another significant step toward requiring police to analyze forensic evidence collected in so-called Code R kits — also known as “rape kits” — from every reported sex assault. It unanimously adopted policy statements that will serve as the foundation for a new ordinance that would require just that. Police C...

Rolly: No 'Love' for Rotarians -- Mia, like Reyes, skips club's debate

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The Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, proud mother ship of Utah’s 30 Rotary clubs, might be feeling a little disrespected these days. Especially by Republicans. For decades, the club has sponsored debates between major political candidates. There was a time that a candidate wouldn’t dare skip an election-year debate in front of a group whose members ranked among the state’s top business and community leaders. When Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes snubbed an invitation to debate his Democrati...

Utah governor: Gay marriage may drive religious-freedom law

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Gov. Gary Herbert does not expect Utah lawmakers to try to undermine the new right of gays to marry in Utah, but he says that doesn’t mean they will not try such things as ensuring that churches and clergy won’t be forced to perform marriages. “I look at it more as a positive reinforcement of religious freedom as opposed to undermining the rights of same-sex couples,” he said Thursday. That came during taping of his monthly news conference on KUED, where he also defended the Governor’s Office of...

Census: Some Utah areas booming

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New U.S. census estimates show booming growth in many Utah communities. For example, three areas added more than 2,000 residents each between 2012 and 2013: South Jordan (swelled by 2,705 people); Lehi (up by 2,424) and Kearns (2,255). Nine others added more than 1,000 residents each in the year: West Jordan (up 1,924), Salt Lake City (1,638), Saratoga Springs (1,572), Sandy (1,493), West Valley City (1,304), Herriman (1,274), St. George (1,136), Farmington (1,047) and Layton (1,037). In additio...
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